(1)  After considering any submissions lodged under section 31 and making any alterations to the proposed rules of a proposed single authority or joint authority, a council may approve the proposed rules.

(2)  The general manager of one of the participating councils is to cause a copy of the rules approved under subsection (1) to be certified by a legal practitioner as being in accordance with the law.

(3)  A council must not approve any proposed rules unless the rules have been certified by –

(a) a legal practitioner to be in accordance with the law; and

(b) the general manager of one of the participating councils to have been made in accordance with this Act.

(4)  The general manager of one of the participating councils is to provide the Director with a copy of –

(a) the rules approved under subsection (1) ; and

(b) any subsequent amendment to those rules.